I’ve Had Major Revelations in Therapy About How I Mistreated My Daughter. But She Won’t Forgive Me.

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. And in any case, he’s far too inexperienced a rider to do something like that even for the thin margins of “safety” that stunt riding has as a baseline. I’ve had a huge fight with my husband over it, but I feel this is a two “yes,” one “no” situation when it comes to our son’s direct, physical safety. —Don’t Break Your Neck Dear Don’t Break, I would suspect that your husband would be teaching your son difficult riding tricks even if girls weren’t a factor, but I can understand why a teenage boy’s desire to impress the ladies would make this whole thing a bit scarier. Encourage your son to ride safely and let him know he doesn’t have to do fancy stunts to meet girls; he’s already in the class with them and he can impress them with his personality.